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Webster 1913 Edition

Pervasive

Per-va′sive

(pẽr-vā′sĭv)

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Adj.

Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality.

“Civilization pervasive and general.”

M. Arnold.

Definition 2024

pervasive

pervasive

English

Adjective

pervasive ‎(comparative more pervasive, superlative most pervasive)

Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.

Synonyms

(manifested throughout): penetrating, permeating, pervading

Related terms

pervade

Translations

manifested throughout

Chinese:
Mandarin:
Danish: gennemtrængende
Dutch: doordringend (nl)
Finnish: kokonaisvaltainen (fi)
French: pénétrant (fr), envahissant (fr)
German: durchdringend (de)
Hungarian: átható (hu)
Maori: rangiwhāwhā
Norwegian: gjennomtrengende

Persian: فراگیر (fa) ‎(farâgir)
Polish: wszechobecny (pl) m, wszechogarniający m
Portuguese: pervasivo
Russian: распространяющийся (ru) ‎(rasprostranjajuščijsja), проникающий (ru) ‎(pronikajuščij), пропитывающий (ru) ‎(propityvajuščij), заполняющий (ru) ‎(zapolnjajuščij)
Spanish: penetrante (es), determinante (es), dominante
Swedish: genomträngande, genomgående (sv)
Turkish: yaygın (tr)
Vietnamese: lan toả, rộng khắp

Italian

Adjective

pervasive

feminine plural of pervasivo